After a successful collaboration with a doctoral student from the University of Cambridge, the Daytona Beach Police Department has earned the Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Award.

Bryanna Hahn Fox, who graduated in May 2013, analyzed more than 400 randomly selected and solved burglaries that occurred in Volusia County from 2008 to 2009.

Fox worked with detectives and crime analysts from the police department to create profiles of criminal offenders based on four different styles of burglaries – organized, disorganized, opportunistic and interpersonal.

Her research revealed definite patterns. Fox found that each style of burglary was committed by an offender with a criminal history and unique set of traits. Out of her research, Fox developed profiles of what type of individual was likely to commit a particular type of burglary.

Fox found that when police used those profiles, they were four times more likely to make an arrest.

The Daytona Beach Police Department will be honored with the award Saturday during the International Association of Police Chiefs annual conference in Philadelphia.

Fox, who earned her doctorate in psychological criminology, currently works as an assistant professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa and teaches forensic psychology.